Comparing Dickens Oliver Twist And Uncle Tom's Cabin

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If I were to compare Uncle Tom’s Cabin to another story, that would be, Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist. Since the stories’ focus was the racial discrimination of black people to white people long time ago. Oliver and Uncle Tom are both religious people though they’ve experienced slavery. They never lose their faith to God no matter how cruel and difficult the world is to them. They have both found their selves in several situations where their faith in God is severely tested. But they stand up for their beliefs, earning, even grudgingly, the admiration of their enemies. Oliver‘s mother died after she gave birth to him. He was raised as an orphan and was adapted by different people. He bravely faced the challenges all by himself. Same with Oliver,

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